Malaysia muslim body issues fatwa against tomboys

by Kal El on October 26, 2008 · View Comments

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This is pretty pathetic in its silliness.

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters Life) – Malaysia’s top Islamic council has decreed that tomboyish behavior and lesbian sex are forbidden in Islam, a newspaper said on Friday.

The National Fatwa Council issued the edict following what it said a spate of cases involving young women behaving like men and indulging in lesbian sex, the Malay language Berita Harian daily said.

“There are teenage girls who prefer the male lifestyle including dressing up in men’s clothes,” it quoted council chairman Abdul Shukor Husin as saying. “More worryingly, they have started to engage in sexual activities.”

He gave no other details.

Mainly Muslim Malaysia frowns on oral and gay sex, describing them as against the order of nature. Under the civil law, offenders — both males or females — can be jailed for up to 20 years, caned or fined.

Just over half of Malaysia’s 27 million people are Malay Muslims, practicing the moderate brand of Islam.

(Reporting by Jalil Hamid’ Editing by David Fox)

So being a tomboy is haram, but muslim clerics, imams, jihadists, and the like banging sheep, goats, camels, and children is halal. Got it.

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  • CM

    Pretty unfortunate.

    Lesbian sex would be forbidden in many parts here in the US if Churches had their way.

  • Kal

    That is why we have a separation of Church and State. In islam, the church (mosque) IS the state. Look at Iran, Southern Lebanon, Indonesia, Malaysia, and many others.

  • http://infidelsarecool.com Infidelesto

    CM,
    Give me a break.  Christian churches may morally and religiously oppose homosexuality but by no means are they trying to put it into law.  You’re dreaming if you think Churches in America, if given the opportunity, would try to ban homosexuality…

    Judeo-Christian values have been the backbone of Western civilization’s value system for hundreds of years, and there’s a reason why these values promote inalienable human rights and freedom for all men/women. 

    This pathetic attempt at moral relativism, dragging our culture into the gutter at the level of the fundamental Islamic culture is typical of the average multi-culturalist who literally, has no moral compass of his own, and will forever defend evil wherever it exists, incapable of discriminating between that which is good and that which is evil.

  • CM

    Infidelesto-

    (1) I don’t think homosexuality should be banned.
    (2) I don’t like societies that would try to do so.
    (3) Thus, I don’t like Muslim societies that would try to do such — worse if it’s by law.
    (4) Thus, I don’t like Christian societies that would try to do such — I’m glad this is not law, but I do believe they would try to make it into law if given the chance. I mean, look at Proposition 8 in California banning gay marriages. Most Churches around the country are supporting that.

    Not really sure where moral relativism come into play here. And I’m not sure how it is you go around decreeing “multi-culturalists have no morals.”

  • CM

    Also,

    I read this on the Gallup polls some time back, and I was very, very surprised to learn that a large percentage of Americans felt that Biblical teachings should be more incorporated into lawmaking. It really wasn’t too far from the percentage of Arabs that felt that Qur’anic teachings should dominate lawmaking. This is what surprised me. I always thought America was all about secularism. But polls seem to indicate otherwise!

  • CM

    Sorry, my previous statement was inaccurate. The actual facts are this:

    Forty-six percent of Americans say that the Bible should be “a” source, and 9% believe it should be the “only” source of legislation.
    42% of Americans want religious leaders to have a direct role in writing a constitution, while 55% want them to play no role at all. These numbers are almost identical to those in Iran.

  • Kal

    CM,

    The difference is that Jesus did not preach killing those who opposed him, Muhammad did, and personally killed many who did. Feel free to equate the two if you can find a way to do that.

  • http://www.mosquewatch.blogspot.com Jeff

    “Just over half of Malaysia’s 27 million people are Malay Muslims, practicing the moderate brand of Islam.”

    Until they kill some infidels…..

  • CM

    No, I agree there’s a problem with that. Mixing church and state is problematic to me, period. And it is even more problematic when that “church” is Islam, because of what it states.

  • http://infidelsarecool.com Infidelesto

    CM,
    You honestly think Christians would try to ban homosexuality if given the chance? Sorry, but Christians founded this country and have, for the most part, been operating our government for over 200 hundred years and there’s never been one instance to forbid two people from engaging in whatever acts they feel is appropriate in their own homes.  Besides, if what you’re saying is true, then why don’t Christian churches ban homosexuals from their congregations? They have all the power they need to do so, but they don’t.

  • http://infidelsarecool.com Infidelesto

    Regarding gay marriage in California (I live in California)…This again is one of the biggest distortions that the left is trying to push, the desire to “take away gay rights” in order to keep the definition of marriage between 1 man and 1 woman. 

    Let me enlighten you with the truth.

    Those who are for Prop 8 (A California Constitutional Amendment defining marriage as between 1 man and 1 woman) are not for taking away ANY rights from homosexuals.  The definition of marriage has nothing to do with one’s “rights”.  I’m so sick and tired of people distorting this fact. 

    It has everything to do with DEFINING WHAT MARRIAGE IS.  Not taking away anyone’s rights to do anything.  Homosexuals have ALL RIGHTS that married couples have, regardless of what the definition of marriage is.  Why do liberals push this lie so much.  Are they totally ignorant or just complete liars? The purpose of this is to sanctify the tradition of “marriage” that has been in place in our culture since, I don’t know, forever…

    If anything, redefining marriage to “whoever, whatever or as many people or things as they want” is an infringement on what marriage actually is and what it has been for hundreds of years.  Can you imagine your kids being taught in school that it’s ok to marry anything or anyone they want?  Can you imagine Suzy, Sammie and Anna all getting “married” cause they all love eachother?  When you drop the definition of marriage to “whatever or whoever they feel like”, you’re going to see people marrying their pets, people marrying in groups, the list is endless without a definition of what marriage is. 

    Oh and one more thing.  65% of voters of California voted in 2000 to keep the definition of marriage in its traditional state before it was overturned by 4 liberal activist judges last year.  Do you not see the threat to the democratic process when a couple judges can “decide” something eventhough the will of the people was clear as day?  I think prop 8 will pass with flying colors just like it did in 2000.

    See my previous post on Gay Marriage in California

  • Kal

    Infidelesto,

    RE: Liberals (at least the ones I know and see on TV) are ignorant liars. :)

  • CM

    Infidelesto-

    “You honestly think Christians would try to ban homosexuality if given the chance?”

    Resounding yes. There were laws in this country banning gay sex — up until 2003, according to Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodomy_laws_in_the_United_States

    I think Christians actually want *more* homosexuals to come to their congregations so they (Christians) can try to turn them straight. But the desire for a ban on gay sex remains.

  • CM

    Proposition 8 isn’t going to *take away* rights to gay couples. Whoever is saying that probably is lying. But it certainly isn’t going to grant them *new* rights, rights which straight couples have.

    I don’t feel marriage between people and chairs and animals and multiple people ought to be recognized by the law. But I do feel gay marriages should.

  • CM

    FROM gay people, I mean.

  • jennyjen

    Prop 8 seems redundant to me but then again, I have common sense that tells me marriage is a union between a man and a woman. It’s unfortunate that it even has to be an arguing point for politicians, they’re just using it so they don’t have to deal with real problems facing society.
    On Gay Marriage, I’m not going to tell 2 men/women that love each other that they can’t be together or adopt children. I know a gay man who has a son with his ex-wife and he’s an awesome dad, so is his boyfriend. I’m not going to look down on a person because they are gay, bi, a different race, etc. I’m going to see how you treat everyone else and make a decision from there.
    I see Islam persecuting Christians, Jews, Gays, Women and it makes me not like it. I see Christianity helping everyone because that’s what a good Christian does. Some people have done horrible things to Gays and use the bible to justify it. The Bible may say a man shall not lie with another man once or twice but how often does it say to forgive, judge not lest you be judged yourself and to turn the other cheek? If you live in a glass house, don’t throw stones my friend. I don’t think Islam preaches that.

  • solehah

    god has created each creatures with its pairs, night with day, woman and man, human and animal. its important for us not to go against what god has created as god knows what is better for the creatures. how come a male cat is in love with another cat? does it seems weird?

  • solehah

    i mean another male cat. this chemistry cannot produce offspring and can’t retain heredity

  • Chris

    God has not created Islam, Mohammad the con man has.

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